Editing March Air Reserve Base (section)

====Continental Air Command====
In December 1948, Twelfth Air Force and March AFB were assigned from Tactical Air Command to [[Continental Air Command]] (ConAC), established on 1 December 1948. ConAC assumed jurisdiction over both TAC and the [[Air Defense Command]] (ADC). This move reflected an effort to concentrate all fighter forces deployed within the continental United States to strengthen the air defense of the North American continent.

The creation of ConAC was largely an administrative convenience: the units assigned to ConAC were dual-trained and expected to revert to their primary strategic or tactical roles after the air defense battle was won. The 1st Fighter Wing was subsequently transferred from Twelfth Air Force/TAC to [[Fourth Air Force]]/ ConAC on 20 December 1948. The first [[F-86]]As, assigned to the 94th Fighter Squadron, arrived on 15 February 1949. By the end of June the wing had received seventy-nine of its eighty-three authorized F-86s.<ref name='history' />